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Commentary and analysis from Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher F. Koller and other staff.
November 2015
Few policies intended to help people live longer are more effective than those targeting teen pregnancy rates. Yet even when those policies work, they… More
October 2015
When I regulated commercial health insurance in Rhode Island, I would point out that the politically conservative notion of a free market for health… More
September 2015
Bipartisanship in health policy is hard to find. Pick your topic—Medicaid expansion, Medicare reform, or health insurance exchanges—and voices are… More
August 2015
You would think a billion-dollar-a-year organization that pays its chief 20% of the market rate and turns that role over every two years—as is the… More
July 2015
“Secret Health-Law Huddle.” The headline made me shudder. It appeared in a national newspaper, describing a meeting hosted by the Milbank Memorial… More
June 2015
Randy Newman had it right 28 years ago and today—judging from recent events in Baltimore. Riots tore apart the city at the end of April in the wake… More
May 2015
State health policymakers face more work than they can handle now. Delivery system reform. Medicaid sustainability and expansion. Affordable Care Act… More
April 2015
Welcome to health care’s economic wonderland: “Health care costs are killing employers and the government budget.” “Health care jobs are… More
March 2015
Along the coast of Australia, every community has its own Surf Life-Saving Club (SLSC), a voluntary club that trains and certifies residents to patrol… More
February 2015
Improving population health by building more and better primary care in the United States might be considered an exercise in what a nun I once met… More
